Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 18:25:34 -0800 From: "Wilkerson, Richard" <rcwilk-AT-dreamgate.com> Subject: Re: Virtualization as Hominzation on virtual heterogenesis vs borg beehive In a chapter I am writing on postmodern dreaming, I have begun exploring how the Star Trek series is dealing with the Net via the encounter with the Borg. This is, how the encounter with the Borg aptly describes the series fearful realization that they hadn't really dealt with virtualization and its effects on the everyday habits and life of the individuals. The Borg represent many of the fears of those who suspect the Net as the harbinger of simulation society and fear being assimilated. To cope with this, the Borg are reduced to a sexual object (Seven of Nine) and the focus of the show is now to "humanize" this Blonde Borg Bombshell. But in fact, the series is about to end as it no longer functions as a vision of the future and is about to become seen by the current generation like we now view Buck Rogers. -Richard
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